# Scary/Awesome Russian Amusement Park Ride **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 30, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173 "2012-08-30T18:34:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/21 "2012-08-30T22:56:41Z")
That seems like a fairly slow version of rides I’ve seen, and been on, at various fairgrounds in the UK. With added really bad music! ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/22 "2012-08-31T00:54:07Z")
Actually, that looks more like a training film for passengers who will someday have to fly Aeroflot (the Russian Airline). ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/23 "2012-08-31T01:49:00Z")
I think I’ve been on that… Valleyfair? With a fountain under that splashes you ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/24 "2012-08-31T01:54:02Z")
> [@Poysyn](#): > > I think I’ve been on that… Valleyfair? With a fountain under that splashes you Who needs the fountain – you’d be splashed with vomit while riding that thing? Give me the old-fashioned wooden coasters. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/25 "2012-08-31T01:58:21Z")
> [@EmAnJ](#): > > They have those at some parks here in Canada. I went on one of those at Klondike Days in Edmonton back in the 90’s. Yeah, I’m pretty sure I’ve seen one of those rides elsewhere, though I don’t remember where, nor do I even remember if it was in real life or in a video. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/26 "2012-08-31T02:06:15Z")
There was an earlier model in the Seattle Center that did all the flipping, but without the bending arms. I sure recall it being faster than this. ---
**Author:** ![Stendhal\_Syndrome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@Stendhal\_Syndrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stendhal_Syndrome)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/27 "2012-08-31T02:10:05Z")
Oh hella hell to the **no**! ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Stilettos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Red\_Stilettos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Stilettos)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/28 "2012-08-31T02:21:07Z")
The bending arms make this ride much more awesome than the old version, but there’s no way I’d ride it. I can’t stand rides that hang upside down. If I’m upside down, centrifugal forces need to be pushing me into the seat. I watched the first rotation and knew my answer was no. But some of the later stuff looks like fun… ---
**Author:** ![MyMack\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MyMack\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyMack_1)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/29 "2012-08-31T03:09:41Z")
I’m fairly certain I’d puke all over myself, my neighbors, and anyone on the ground. And then go catatonic from fear. So no… ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/30 "2012-08-31T04:46:01Z")
Who need waterboarding when we have this? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/31 "2012-08-31T05:25:14Z")
At first I thought no way, but it didn’t move that fast so I’d do it. I’d puke on everyone downhill from me. ---
**Author:** ![simple\_homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@simple\_homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simple_homer)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/32 "2012-08-31T08:39:54Z")
Barf-O-Rama ! ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/33 "2012-08-31T13:00:46Z")
I’m in. ---
**Author:** ![Mensa\_Dropout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Mensa\_Dropout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mensa_Dropout)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/34 "2012-08-31T14:24:56Z")
Maybe if it had AC/DC cranking in the background and I hadn’t eaten in the past 12 hours… ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/35 "2012-08-31T14:50:07Z")
I’ll be the first to complain. Am I the only one who gets irritated that people post vidoes where nothing happens for the first 25 seconds? Don’t the websites allow you to crop these things? Why, yes, I am one of the hyper-entertained hopelessly ADD generation. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/36 "2012-08-31T14:53:56Z")
> [@Hermitian](#): > > I’ll be the first to complain. Am I the only one who gets irritated that people post vidoes where nothing happens for the first 25 seconds? Don’t the websites allow you to crop these things? > > Why, yes, I am one of the hyper-entertained hopelessly ADD generation. Hey, that’s the _buildup_! The ride is the _release_! Plus that awesome Russian band Nyet is playing in the background the whole time. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/37 "2012-08-31T14:58:59Z")
I’d ride it if there were a way to guarantee I wouldn’t get puked on. ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/38 "2012-08-31T15:02:07Z")
Oh, I’d ride the \*hell \*out of that. > [@billfish678](#): > > Well, they could make it just a bit worse. > > 1. Move a little faster. > > 2. Riders aren’t allowed to see how it works. You just get on and THEN you find out. 1. Well, as others have said, the slow speed means you’re not held in your seat by centrifugal force. You just dangle there. That’s freaky. But maybe have it suddenly speed way up at some point, just when people are getting used to the pace. Yeah, I’m liking that. 2. Totally disagree. If I hadn’t seen this comment, I would have thought exactly the same thing: > [@stpauler](#): > > At first I was like “seen it before”. > > Then I was like “OMG it’s broken”. And as I watched it, I was thinking, that part probably doesn’t _feel_ half as scary as it _looks_, unless, of course, you’ve already seen that horribly wrong-looking moment while waiting in line, and you’re just biding your time, waiting for it to happen to you. Ideally, I think, the line should be oriented so you only get a chance to see it operate _once_ before you ride, so you don’t get used to it. > [@billfish678](#): > > 1. Make sure it makes horrible grinding and breaking sounds and you have the odd “fake” pieces fall off at various intervals here and there. All the while have the operators screaming, running around, and looking like they are frantically trying to shut it down. > > Yeah, that should do it. But this? Genius. Especially if they act like everything is normal right up until that one arm drops… ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/39 "2012-08-31T15:04:45Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > I’d respect it even _more_. 😉 Sure, you say that _now_. 😛 My inner ear doesn’t like me so well anymore and I can’t handle that quantity of spinning, but I’d have ridden it in a heartbeat when I was 17 or so. Whoever designed that thing did an amazing job. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173/40 "2012-08-31T16:09:53Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > I’d do it. Me too, and I hate roller coasters. That thing just looks too wild to NOT try. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-awesome-russian-amusement-park-ride/633173.md?page=3)